Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development

06/19/2025

A celebration for ALL! Juneteenth!

02/09/2025

02/08/2025

Thank you MARTA for honoring Rosa Parks on what would have been her 112th birthday and during our Black History Month.

02/04/2025

Happy Heavenly Birthday Rosa Parks.

02/04/2025

Rosa & Raymond Parks Institute is deeply moved and honored to witness the Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement, Mrs. Rosa Parks, having been recognized by Metro Kansas City and Public Transit as a leader in the spirit of Civil Rights.

We thank you on behalf of Rosa Parks for
such a prestigious award.

Elaine Eason Steele
Anita Peek
Rosa Parks Pathways to Freedom Alumni
Rosa & Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development
RP Volunteers

02/04/2025

Happy Heavenly birthday to Mrs. Rosa Parks (1913-2005). We will always remember you as a brave, courageous and spirited woman.
You were hand picked & chosen by the One Who.......
You will never be forgotten and you will forever remain engraved in our hearts!

With Love,
Elaine Eason Steele
Anita Peek
Rosa & Raymond Parks Institute Volunteers

01/21/2025

A Happy Heavenly birthday to the late great Honorable Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Jan 1929 - April 1968).
You will never be forgotten!

Rosa & Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development

06/07/2024

Hello to everyone. Thank you for all the love and support. That is meant from our hearts to yours.

Mrs. Elaine Eason Steele
Mrs. Anita Peek

06/07/2024

A Special Thank You to Shandale Lacy (Peek), the daughter of Claude Peek who stayed by her father's side and was truly one of many reasons that he lived for as long as he did. We all witnessed his loving wife, Mrs. Anita Peek care for him day and night, around the clock. She nursed him, dressed and bathed him, she fed him and did everything that he could not do for himself, even through her own difficult and challenging time that she's still experiencing to this day. Another Special Thanks goes out to Mr. Kenneth Spann who has been with the Institute for over three decades and has never left their side, and to this very day he wears all the hats to keep the Institute alive and who also assisted in the care of Mr. Claude Peek. Thank you Mrs. Sheila Finney, Ms. Cheryl Major and all of the Institute's volunteers. There are so many others that are too many to name, but thank you all and God Bless You!

05/07/2024

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Mr. Claude Peek, husband of Mrs. Anita Peek, on Monday April 29, 2024.
PLEASE NOTE: If you have any inquiries, please email: [email protected]
THANK YOU ALL!

12/01/2023

Remembering Rosa Parks on this day. The Anniversary of her arrest - December 1, 2023.

10/30/2023

On Sept. 28, 2023 The Institute was invited to attend the Memorial Dedication for Viola Liuzzo, who was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in 1965, while heading to Selma Alabama from Detroit, heeding the call of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in the wake of the Bloody Sunday, March 7, 1965.

Mrs. Dorothy Dewberry Aldridge (Freedom Rider) has always included Rosa Parks Institute in remembering the legacy of the Struggle for freedom. The event was held at the Viola Liuzzo Playground, located at 20087 Winthrop street in Detroit, Michigan. Dignitaries such as The Honorable Wendell Anthony, President (NAACP) and as well as others were in attendance.